The Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (CCC), in partnership with the Scarborough Town Jazz Festival, municipal and community organizations that includes OCPA will launch the first ever Scarborough Summerfest.

This three-day event starts from Friday, August 10th to Sunday, August 12th, using both the facilities of CCC and the adjacent grounds of Burrows Hall Community Centre (at the junction of Sheppard Ave East and Progress Ave, Scarborough).

The opening event will be on Friday, August 10 at 7 pm with exciting multicultural performances and jazz music in the P.C. Ho Theatre.

The Scarborough Summerfest celebrates multiculturalism in a fun-filled and entertaining fashion with all walks of life in Scarborough and neighbouring areas. The festival will be showcasing different forms of music, dances, arts and crafts, foods, costumes and entertainment of diverse ethnicities.

• Opening Gala at P.C. Ho Theatre

Friday, August 10th 7:00 pm

Opening Ceremony with entertainment by local artists featuring a multicultural drumming, dance, and jazz band performances.

Music ensembles from various ethnic groups, including calypso and soca singers

Displays of Toronto Caribbean Carnival mas' costumes

Fashion shows of the costumes of various ethnic groups

Admission is free.

CCC & Burrows Hall Community Centre grounds

Friday, August 10th 6:00 – 10:00 pm

Saturday, August 11th 12noon – 10:00 pm

Sunday, August 12th 12noon – 6:00 pm

Scarborough Town Jazz Festival features thelikes of Juno Award winner Eddie Bullen, Latin music artistes Hilario Duran and Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo and many other great performers. The air will also be filled with the sounds and music of some of our great young talents in the community.

Admission is free. Ethnic foods and refreshments on sale.

2012 Olympics 'live' broadcast of the Games on site during theScarborough Summerfest.

The followingmunicipal and community partners and many volunteers have contributed to make the Scarborough Summerfest possible:

Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (CCC)

Calypso STARS

Monday, August 6th 9:00 - 11:00 pm FREE

WestJet Stage, Harbourfront Centre

Toronto, ON

featuring top Canadian calypso and soca

recording artists plus special guests.......!

Macomere Fifi wins crown!

Canada's top calypso music prize - Kaiso 365 - was captured by Macomere Fifi before a capacity crowd at the P. C. Ho Theatre, Chinese Cultural Centre, Toronto. In a hotly contested battle between nine singers performing two songs each, Fifi also won the Peoples' Choice Award and special award for Best Composition On A Local Topic.

Her two songs were written and arranged by Montreal native Carlyle Bailey, who joined her onstage after she was crowned 2012 Calypso Monarch. Fifi's first song, titled "Never Again",was a powerful commentary on the recent honour killing of the Shafia sisters in Kingston, ON.; her second number titled "Tell Me Why" probed the issues surrounding the murder of young Black teenager in Florida, Trayvon Martin, and was also awarded Best Arrangement.